Topic: Lamb Rogan Josh

[livo]

I think there is potential in the book but the first recipe I chose to cook was very confused in it's presentation.  Still it was nice to eat after I'd "fixed" it.

[noble ox]

Is that what to expect in  Australia for a curry?

[livo]

Not necessarily. Perhaps you can be more informative in what you are actually asking. This is just the Rogan Josh pictured as it was when I took it out of the pressure cooker.  Is there something wrong? 

If you haven't already done so, follow the link to the other post where I discuss the issues relating to the recipe from the book.

You will find that I was particularly unimpressed by how it turned out.  "Balti" this, "Balti" that. phhh
I just got much better results doing it myself from a homemade paste.

[noble ox]

Not for me to judge right or wrong I was wondering what an Aussie curry looks like ;D

[livo]

Not for me to judge right or wrong I was wondering what an Aussie curry looks like ;D

When I grew up it would have been a yellow sauce with apples and onions made from Keens Curry Powder, flour, water and a Maggi chicken stock cube with some cut up boiled sausages served with boiled white rice.

Now they are probably not a whole lot different to what you have over there No'X.  Same people running the show over here I'd imagine.  Just the smarter ones as they chose the right side of the planet to start with.

[livo]

Contacted the author so it will be interesting to see what she says, if anything.

Well credit where due.  Mridula returned my email immediately and kindly provided me with a revised and updated version of a Rogan Josh recipe.  I'll give it a go and see what happens but it looks different in method straight away, and calls for less water, which I didn't add anyway.

[Peripatetic Phil]

Now they are probably not a whole lot different to what you have over there No'X.  Same people running the show over here I'd imagine.

It makes perfect sense, but it just doesn't seem to be true.  I have yet to hear from an expatriate Briton now living in Australia who is able to find an AIR curry that even comes close to a BIR one.  All who ask get told "join CR0 and learn to make your own".

** Phil.

[Madrasandy]

My sister and brother in law now live in Oz ,Adelaide,  they have tried 2 Indians and said both were poor compared to back home 

[livo]

So I believe.  This appears to be a common experience for Brit' expats now enjoying life on the underbelly of the world.  I guess you can't have everything.

This also makes it difficult for someone like me to clearly understand the "target" of BIR.  Perhaps someone could slip a foil tray of CTM in Express Post for me to try.

[noble ox]

When I grew up it would have been a yellow sauce with apples and onions made from Keens Curry Powder, flour, water and a Maggi chicken stock cube with some cut up boiled sausages served with boiled white rice.

Never had a curry like that in the UK

I now understand why some Aussies are a bit confused A bit like hunting unicorns ;D